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India Medtronic Pvt Ltd is now a Great Place to Work

India Medtronic Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Medtronic plc, today announced their certification as a Great Place to Work®. India Medtronic Pvt Ltd earned this acknowledgement by surpassing the threshold of Trust Index© and Culture Audit© framework under the category of ‘Large Organizations’ (more than 500 employees). The certification is valid for the…

CSS Corp wins Gold at the 11th Annual 2019 Golden Bridge Awards

CSS Corp, a new-age IT services and technology company, has won Gold in the 11th Annual 2019 Golden Bridge Awards® for its Innovative Network Solutions. The company was bestowed with the ‘Best Solution of the Year’ title in the IT services category. The award was presented in San Francisco on October 28, 2019, during the…

Yes Bank gets an offer for $ 1.2 Billion investment

Yes Bank, has received an offer from a global investor for an investment of US$ 1.2 Billion in the Bank. This has been communicated by the bank in a statement to the exchanges. In their statement on their capital raising plans, earlier in September 2019, the bank had mentioned that the Bank had received strong…

L&T Technology Services Ltd Receives 2019 Frost & Sullivan Indian Cognitive Automation Technology Innovation Leadership Award

L&T Technology Services Limited, a leading global pure-play engineering services company, was conferred with the Frost & Sullivan Indian Cognitive Automation Technology Innovation Leadership award at its 2019 India Best Practices Awards Banquet in Mumbai. The 2019 award recipients were judged on various parameters including market share growth, product portfolio diversity, key achievements, go-to-market strategy,…

Welspun Enterprises Ltd. on lookout for a Chief Financial Officer; Incumbent CFO retires today

Shriniwas Kargutkar, the Chief Financial Officer at Welspun Enterprises Ltd.,  since 2015, retires today. His retirement is on account of completion of superannuation as per the HR policy of the company. The announcement was made by the company in their statement to BSE. The Company is in the process of identifying suitable candidates for filling…

Amazon invests ₹4,472.50 cr in its Indian subsidiaries

Amazon, the global e commerce giant, has made fresh investments of about  ₹4500 Cr., into its Indian subsidiaries. These investments are directed at Amazon Seller Services, Amazon Pay and Amazon Retail. Amazon Seller Services, Amazon Pay (India) and Amazon Retail India has received ₹3,400 crore, ₹900 crore, ₹172.50 crore respectively from Amazon.  Amazon competes with…

PM Modi invites Saudi Investment in energy & infrastructure

Plans for $100 million investment in Energy sector. $ 1.5 trillion in Infra sector. 400 mn people to be skilled to meet the requirement of trained manpower.During the Future Investment Initiative (FII) summit in Riyadh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke about investment opportunities in infrastructure sector, and energy sector in India. He mentioned that the…

Jungle Ventures Raises $240 Million for Southeast Asia Tech Category Leaders

Jungle Ventures, one of Southeast Asia’s largest early stage venture capital firms, has announced that it closed its third fund, Jungle Ventures III. The firm raised a total of $240 million, which includes $40 million raised in separately managed account commitments, for investments in innovative technology and digital-driven consumer businesses across Southeast Asia. In 2013…

Ola in conversation with Microsoft for $200 million funding

Ola, an Indian transportation network company offering services that include peer-to-peer ridesharing, ride service hailing, taxi and food delivery, is in advanced talks with tech giant Microsoft to raise about USD 150-200 million in funding. As per sources, the deal is likely to be closed in the next couple of weeks. Ola is presently backed…

Ashok Bajpai Appointed as New Chairman at Continental Hospitals in India

Gleneagles Development Pte Ltd (“GDPL”), a subsidiary of IHH Healthcare (“IHH”), has appointed Mr Ashok Bajpai as the new Chairman of Continental Hospitals in India. Mr Bajpai is currently Group Head of Operations and Integration at IHH, where he is responsible for integrating the Group’s business processes by leading cross-functional and organisational teams across IHH…

MoU between Adani & US Based Digital Realty To Build India Data Center Infrastructure

In a strategic move to accelerate its foray into the data center domain, the Adani Group (“Adani”), a $13 billion integrated business conglomerate in India, today announced it is partnering with San Francisco-based Digital Realty, the world’s leading global provider of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. According to a Memorandum of Understanding (“MoU”) signed…